- Adangme: i suɔ mo
- Afrikaans: ek het jou lief, ek is lief vir jou
- Akan: mo dow (Fanti)
- Albanian: të dua(sq), të dashuroj(sq)
- Alemannic German: ich lieb dich, i liäbä di, i ha di gärn, ich han dich gärn
- Alutiiq: qunukamken
- American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
- Amharic: (to a man) እወድሻለሁ (ʾəwädšalähu), (to a woman) እወድሃለሁ (ʾəwädhalähu)
- Ancient Greek: σὲ φιλῶ (sè philô), σὲ ἀγαπῶ (sè agapô), ἐγὼ σὲ φιλῶ (egṑ sè philô), ἐγὼ σὲ ἀγαπῶ (egṑ sè agapô)
- Arabic: أُحِبُّكَ (ʔuḥibbuka) (to a male), أُحِبُّكِ (ʔuḥibbuki) (to a female)
- Aragonese: te quiero
- Armenian: ես քեզ սիրում եմ (es kʿez sirum em), ես սիրում եմ քեզ (es sirum em kʿez), (Western Armenian) ես քեզ կը սիրեմ (es kʿez kə sirem), (Western Armenian) ես կը սիրեմ քեզ (es kə sirem kʿez)
- Assamese: মই তোমাক ভাল পাওঁ (moi tümak bhal paü̃)
- Asturian: te quiero, quiérote
- Azerbaijani: səni sevirəm
- Bashkir: мин һине яратам (min hine yaratam)
- Basque: (informal) maite haut, maite zaitut, (plural) maite zaituztet
- Belarusian: (informal) я цябе́ каха́ю (ja cjabjé kaxáju), (formal) я вас каха́ю (ja vas kaxáju), (informal) я цябе́ люблю́ (ja cjabjé ljubljú), (formal) я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú)
- Bengali: আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি (ami tōmake bhalōbaśi)
- Bhojpuri: (please verify) हमके तोहसे लगाव हो गइल बा (hamᵊkē tōhᵊsē lagāv hō gail bā)
- Bikol Central: padaba taka, padangat taka
- Breton: me da gar(br), me 'gar ac'hanout
- Bulgarian: оби́чам те (obíčam te)
- Burmese: ခင်ဗျားချစ်တယ် (hkangbya:hkyactai) (said by a man), ရှင်ကိုချစ်တယ် (hrangkuihkyactai) (said by a woman), နင်ကိုငါချစ်တယ် (nangkui-ngahkyactai) (generic, informal), ချစ်ပါတယ် (hkyacpatai)
- Buryat: би шамдаа дуратайб (bi šamdaa duratajb)
- Caló: te camelo
- Catalan: t'estimo, t'estime, t'estim
- Cebuano: gihigugma ko ikaw
- Chechen: (to female) суна хьо еза (suna ḥʳo jeza), (to male) суна хьо веза (suna ḥʳo veza)
- Cherokee: ᎬᎨᏳᎯ (gvgeyuhi)
- Chichewa: ndimakukonda
- Chickasaw: chiholloli
- Chinese:
- Chittagonian: আঁই তুয়ানরে বেশি গোম লাগে (ām̐i tuẏānarē bēśi gōma lāgē)
- Chukchi: гымнан гыт ы’ԓгу тыԓгыркынигыт (ɣəmnan ɣət əʔɬɣu təɬɣərkəniɣət)
- Chuvash: эпӗ сана юрататӑп (ep̬ĕ s̬ana jurat̬at̬ăp)
- Cia-Cia: indau pe'elu iso'o
- Cornish: My a'th kar
- Corsican: (to female) ti tengu cara, (to male) ti tengu caru
- Czech: miluji tě(cs), (colloquial) miluju tě(cs), (formal) miluji vás, miluju vás
- Danish: jeg elsker dig
- Dhivehi: (please verify) ކަލާ ދެކެ ވރަހ ލޯބިވޭ (kalā deke vrah lōbivē)
- Dolgan: мин энигин таптыыбын (min enigin taptııbın)
- Dutch: (please verify) ik houd van je(nl), (please verify) ik hou van je(nl), (please verify) ik houd van jou(nl), (emphasizes you) (please verify) ik hou van jou(nl), (poetic) (please verify) ik heb je lief, (please verify) ik zie je graag(nl), (Flemish) (please verify) ik zie u graag(nl) , (Flemish) (please verify) ik hou van u
- Egyptian: (male to female) See Also721 | What Does 721 Mean?
- Erzya: вечктян (večkťan), мон тонь вечктян (mon toń večkťan)
- Esperanto: mi amas vin(eo)
- Estonian: mina armastan sind, ma armastan sind(et)
- Ewondo: ma ding wa
- Faroese: eg elski teg
- Finnish: minä rakastan sinua(fi), rakastan sinua
- Franco-Provençal: jo t'amo, jo vos amo
- French: je t’aime(fr) (informal singular), je vous aime (formal and plural), je t’adore (informal singular), je vous adore (formal and plural)
- Old French: je t'aim
- Galician: Ámote
- Georgian: (please verify) მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me šen miq̇varxar), (please verify) მე თქვენ მიყვარხართ (me tkven miq̇varxart) (plural), მიყვარხარ (miq̇varxar), მიყვარხართ (miq̇varxart)
- German: ich liebe dich(de), ich habe dich gern, ich habe dich lieb, (plural) ich liebe euch, (plural) ich habe euch gern, (plural) ich habe euch lieb, (formal, sg and pl) ich liebe Sie, ich habe Sie gern, ich habe Sie lieb
- Alsace: ich hoan dich gear
- Bavaria: i mog di narrisch gern
- Cologne: isch han dich leev, isch han dich jään
- High Saxonian: isch hab dsch gerne
- Swabian: i mog di, i han di oifach gern
- Greek: σε αγαπώ (se agapó)
- Greenlandic: asavakkit
- Guaraní: rohayhu
- Haitian Creole: mwen renmen ou
- Hausa: ina sonki
- Hawaiian: aloha wau iāʻoe
- Hebrew: (male to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתָךְ (aní ohév otákh), (female to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתְךָ (aní ohévet otkhá), (male to male) אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אוֹתְךָ (aní ohév otkhá), (female to female) אֲנִי אוֹהֵבֵת אוֹתָךְ (aní ohévet otákh)
- Hiligaynon: ginahigugma ko ikaw, palangga ta ka
- Hindi: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता (ma͠i tumse pyār kartā) (informal, male speaker), मैं तुमसे प्यार करती हूँ (ma͠i tumse pyār kartī hū̃) (informal, female speaker), मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहता हूँm (ma͠i tumha͠i bahut cāhtā hū̃), मैं तुम्हैं बहुत चाहती हूँf (ma͠i tumha͠i bahut cāhtī hū̃)
- Hopi: nu’ umi unangwa’ta
- Hungarian: szeretlek(hu), (én) szeretlek téged, (formal) (én) szeretem önt/magát
- Icelandic: ég elska þig(is)
- Ido: me amoras tu
- Igbo: afulu m gi na anya, Ahuru m gi na anya
- Inari Sami: mun rähistâm tuu
- Indonesian: aku cinta kamu, aku sayang kamu, aku suka sama kamu, (polite, formal) saya cinta kamu, (poetic) aku cinta padamu, (poetic) aku cinta kepadamu; gua suka sama lu (Jakarta, slang), aku mencintaimu
- Interlingua: io te ama
- Inuktitut: ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ (naclicifacit)
- Irish: tá grá agam duit, tá grá agam dhuit, mo ghrá thú
- Italian: (informal singular) ti amo, (plural or formal) vi amo
- Jamaican Creole: mi love yuh, mi check fi yuh
- Japanese: 大好き(ja) (daisuki), 君を愛している (kimi o ai-sh*te iru), 愛してる (ai-sh*teru), 俺はお前のことが好きだ (ore wa omae no koto ga suki da) (man to his wife), 俺はお前が好きだ (ore wa omae ga suki da) (man to his wife), 好きよ (suki yo) (girlish), 私はあなたが好きだ (watashi wa anata ga suki da), アイ・ラブ・ユー (ai-rabu-yū)
- Javanese: kula tresna sampeyan, aku tresna sampeyan
- Jingpho: nang hpe ngai tsaw ra ai
- Kabardian: фӏыуэ узолъагъу (fʼəwɛ wuzolˢağʷu)
- Kabyle: (to a male) Hamlaγk, (to a female) Hamlaγkem
- Kalmyk: би чамд дуртав (bi çamd durtav)
- Kannada: ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (nānu ninnannu prītisuttēne), ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟಿರುವೆ (nānu ninnannu iṣṭapaṭṭiruve)
- Kapampangan: kaluguran daka, palsintan daka
- Karachay-Balkar: мен сени сюеме (men seni süyeme)
- Karelian: minä armastan sindai
- Kashmiri: مےٚ چھِ چٲنؠ ماے (me chi cạ̄n' māy)
- Kazakh: мен сені сүйемін (men senı süiemın), мен сені жақсы көремін (men senı jaqsy köremın), мен саған ғашықпын (men sağan ğaşyqpyn)
- Khakas: мин сағаа хынчам (min sağaa xınçam), мин сағаа кӧӧленчем
- Khmer: (man to woman) បងស្រឡាញ់អូន (bɑɑng srɑlañ ʼoun), (woman to man) អូនស្រឡាញ់បង (ʼoun srɑlañ bɑɑng), ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់អ្នក (khñom srɑlañ nĕək) (gender neutral)
- Komi-Zyrian: ме тэнӧ радейта (me tenö raďejta)
- Korean: 당신을 사랑해요 (dangsineul saranghaeyo), 나는 당신을 사랑합니다 (naneun dangsineul saranghamnida), 나는 당신을 무척 좋아합니다 (naneun dangsineul mucheok joahamnida), 나는 그대가 좋아 (naneun geudaega joa), 나는 그대를 사랑합니다 (naneun geudaereul saranghamnida), 나는 너를 사랑합니다 (naneun neoreul saranghamnida), 그대를 향한 내 마음 알지 (geudaereul hyanghan nae ma'eum alji), 좋아해요 (joahaeyo), 사랑해(ko) (saranghae), 사랑해요 (saranghaeyo), 사랑합니다(ko) (saranghamnida)
- Koryak: гымнан гыччи ылӈу тыкулӈыги (ɣəmnan ɣəčči əlŋu təkulŋəɣi)
- Kristang: Em t' amo'b
- Kumyk: мен сени сюемен (men seni süyemen)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: من حەزم لێتە (min ḧezm lête), من عاشقی تۆم (min 'aşqî tom), من عاشقتم (min 'aşqtim)
- Northern Kurdish: te dievînim(ku), hez ji te dikim(ku), ez ji te hez dikim(ku), evîndarê te me(ku)m, evîndara te me(ku)f, min tu divê(ku), aşiqê te me(ku)m, aşiqa te me(ku), ez ji te hez dikim(ku), ez hez ji te dikim(ku), ez hej te dikim(ku)
- Kyrgyz: мен сени сүйөм (men seni süyöm)
- Lao: ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khǭi hak chao)
- Latin: (singular) te amo, (plural) vos amo, (old) amo te, (old, emphasis) ego amo te
- Latvian: es mīlu tevi, es tevi mīlu
- Lezgi: заз вун кӏанзава (zaz vun ḳanzava)
- Lingala: nalingí yɔ̌
- Lithuanian: aš tave myliu, aš myliu tave, myliu tave
- Lombard: (please verify) tə vöri bén, (please verify) të vöri bén
- Louisiana Creole French: mo laime toi
- Low German:
- German Low German: ik leev di, ik heff di geern, ik heff di leef
- Luo: aheri
- Lushootseed: ʔəsx̌aƛ̕tubicid čəd
- Luxembourgish: Ech hunn dech gär(lb)
- Macedonian: те сакам (te sakam), те љубам (te ljubam) (less common)
- Malay: saya cintakan mu, saya sayangkan mu, saya sayangkan engkau, saya cintakan awak, saya cintamu, saya sayangmu, saya cinta kamu, aku cinta padamu
- Malayalam: ഞാൻ നിന്നെ പ്രേമിക്കുന്നു (ñāṉ ninne prēmikkunnu), ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñāṉ ninne snēhikkunnu)
- Maltese: inħobbok
- Manx: ta graih aym ort
- Maori: kei te aroha au i a koe
- Marathi: माझं तुझ्यावर प्रेम आहे (mājha tujhyāvar prem āhe)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: мый тыйым йӧратем (myj tyjym jöratem)
- Mohawk: konoronhkwa
- Moksha: келькте (keľkťe), мон тонь келькте (mon toń keľkťe)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: би чамд хайртай (bi čamd xajrtaj)
- Moore: mam nonga fo
- Navajo: ayóóʼánííníshʼní
- Neapolitan: ti amo
- Nepali: (I love you) म तिमीलाई माया गर्छु। (ma timīlāī māyā garchu.)
- Northern Sami: mun ráhkistan du
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: jeg elsker deg(no) (Bokmål, Riksmål, romantic)
- Nynorsk: eg elskar deg (Nynorsk, romantic)
- Occitan: t'aimi, que t'aimi, t'estimi
- Odia: ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲପାଏ (mũ tumôku bhôlôpae)
- Ojibwe: gizaagi'in
- Old English: iċ lufiġe þē
- Papiamentu: Mi stima bo
- Pashto: تا سره مينه کوم (tā sara mina kawəm)
- Persian: عاشقتم ('âšeqetam), دوستت دارم (dustat dâram)
- Phuthi: Giyakutshadza
- Pipil: nimetztasujta, nimetzneki
- Polish: kocham cię
- Portuguese: amo-te, (eu) te amo, (eu) amo você (Brazil)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (maĩ tainū̃ piāra kardā hā̃) (male speaker), ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (maĩ tainū̃ piāra kardī hā̃) (female speaker)
- Shahmukhi: میں تُہانوں پیار کردا ہاں (ma͠i tuhānũ pyār karda hā̃) (male speaker), میں تُہانوں پیار کردی ہاں (ma͠i tuhānũ pyār kardī hā̃) (female speaker)
- Quechua: (Bolivia) qanta munani, (Ecuador) Canda munani
- Romanian: te iubesc
- Romansch: jau hai tai gument
- Russian: я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú) (formal or plural), я люблю тебя(ru) (ja ljublju tebja) я тебя́ люблю́(ru) (ja tebjá ljubljú) (intimate, informal)
- Sanskrit: त्वयि स्निह्यामि (tvayi snihyāmi)
- Scots: A luive ye
- (Dundee): Eh loe ye
- Scottish Gaelic: (intimate) tha gràdh agam dhut, (intimate) tha gaol agam ort, (formal, plural) tha gràdh agam dhuibh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: во̏лӣм те, ја те во̏лӣм
- Roman: vȍlīm te, ja te volim
- Shona: Ndinokuda
- Shor: мен саға кӧленчам (men sağa kölençam)
- Sindhi: (please verify) man tokhe prem karyan to (to female), (please verify) man tokhe prem karyan ti (to male) [script needed]
- Sinhalese: මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi), මම ඔබට ආදරෙයි (mama obaṭa ādareyi)
- Skolt Sami: mon rääʹǩǩstam tuu
- Slovak: ľúbim ťa, milujem ťa, mám ťa rád, mám ťa rada
- Slovene: ljubim te, ljubim vaju, ljubim vas
- Somali: Waan ku jeclahay
- Sotho: ke a go rata
- Southern Altai: мен сени сӱӱп јадым (men seni süüp ǰadïm)
- Spanish: (often romantic) te quiero, (usually romantic) te amo
- Sundanese: Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
- Swahili: nakupenda, ninakupenda
- Swedish: jag älskar dig(sv)
- Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠁ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠁ (mui tumare bála fai), ꠀꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞꠦ ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠁ (ami tumare bála fai)
- Tabasaran: узуз уву ккунжазуз (uzuz uvu k̄unžazuz)
- Tagalog: mahal kita, iniibig kita, iniirog kita
- Tahitian: ua here vau ia oe
- Tajik: ман туро дӯст медорам (man turo düst medoram), туро нағз мебинам (turo naġz mebinam), дӯстат дорам (düstat doram), ошиқатам (ošiqatam)
- Tamil: நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கிறேன் (nāṉ uṉṉaik kātalikkiṟēṉ), நான் உன்னைக் காதலிக்கின்றேன் (nāṉ uṉṉaik kātalikkiṉṟēṉ)
- Tatar: мин сине яратам (min sine yaratam)
- Telugu: నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
- Thai: ผมรักคุณ(th) (pǒm rák kun) (informal, male to female), ฉันรักคุณ(th) (chǎn rák kun) (informal, female to male), ฉันรักเธอ (chǎn rák təə) (generic, colloquial), รักนะ (informal)
- Tok Pisin: mi lavim yu
- Tswana: ke a go rata
- Tumbuka: nkhukutemwa
- Tupinambá: Oroaûsub
- Turkish: seni seviyorum(tr)
- Turkmen: men seni söýýärin
- Udmurt: мон тонэ яратӥсько (mon tone jaratiśko)
- Ukrainian: я тебе́ коха́ю (ja tebé koxáju) (intimate), я вас коха́ю (ja vas koxáju) (formal, plural), я тебе́ люблю́ (ja tebé ljubljú), я вас люблю́ (ja vas ljubljú)
- Urdu: مجھے تمسو محبت ہے (mujhe tumse mohabbat hai), میں تمسے محبت کرتا ہوں (ma͠i tumse mohabbat kartā hū̃)
- Uzbek: men seni sevaman, men seni yaxshi koʻraman
- Venetian: te amo, te vojo ben
- Vietnamese: (pronoun for speaker) + yêu(vi) + (pronoun for listener), e.g., em yêu anh (wife to husband, girlfriend to boyfriend), anh yêu em (husband to wife, boyfriend to girlfriend), tớ yêu cậu (to a male friend), mình yêu bạn (somewhat impersonal), ngộ ái nị (slang, humorous)
- Volapük: Löfob oli
- Welsh: 'Rwy'n dy garu di, Yr wyf i yn dy garu di, Yr wyf i yn dy garu di chwi, Dw i'n dy garu
- West Frisian: ik hâld fan dy
- White Hmong: kuv hlub koj
- Xhosa: ndiyakuthanda
- Yakut: мин эйиги́н тапты́ыбын (min eyigín taptı́ıbın)
- Yiddish: איך ליבע דיך (ikh libe dikh), איך האָב דיך ליב (ikh hob dikh lib)
- Yoruba: mo nife e
- Yup'ik: kenkamken
- Zazaki: ez to sinena
- Zulu: ngiyakuthanda
FAQs
What is the full meaning of I love you? ›
Each time you say "I love you," you are really saying "I am here for you." "Being here" means being fully present in the relationship—physically, emotionally and spiritually. Saying "I love you" means "I am committed to you" and "I am committed to us." You are telling that person you are in this relationship.
How do you spell I love you in English? ›In English, "I love you" is the most common phrase used to express your feeling of love. It is a short sentence, but it is very powerful. We usually say it to our romantic partner or someone we're in love with. However, it can also be used platonically, for example, to your mum or your best friend.
What is the Old English word for enough? ›The word "enough" has an interesting etymology. It comes from the Old English word "genōh," which means "sufficient" or "satisfactory." The Old English term "genōh" itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "*ganôh," which has similar meanings of sufficiency or satisfaction.
What is the origin of the word go? ›Go descends from Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *ǵʰēh₁- 'to go, leave'. Cognates in the Germanic languages include West Frisian gean, Dutch gaan, Low German gahn, German gehen, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish gå, Crimean Gothic geen.
What is the full meaning of love? ›Love is an intense, deep affection for another person. Love also means to feel this intense affection for someone. Love can also refer to a strong like for something or to like something a lot. Love has many other senses both as a verb and a noun.
What is difference between love you and I love you? ›There's a difference between "love you" and "I love you." Love you is quite informal and is usually said out of habit or pride in a romantic relationship. It means that the person saying it doesn't want to reveal emotions or connect on a deeper level.
What does it mean when a guy says love you instead of I love you? ›“Love you” often feels less intimate and typically connotates a less committed relationship with the other person. But if the intent behind the phrase is to make things casual or light-hearted, then saying “love you” isn't necessarily a bad thing.
How do you say I love you without saying it in a text? ›- “Smiling so much today just thinking of you”
- “Just wanted to thank you for being you :)”
- “I hope you know how much you mean to me”
- “I'm so glad you're in my life!”
- “You are so amazing!”
- “You mean so much to me”
- Send a sweet GIF.
- Send a romantic song.
- “I love you.”
- “I'm in love with you.”
- “I love spending time with you.”
- “You make me happy whenever I'm around you.”
- “You bring me so much joy and excitement.”
- “I love spending time with you.”
- “When I'm not with you, I feel sad/incomplete/lonely.”
- “I can't imagine my life without you.”
- sufficiently.
- adequately.
- properly.
- fairly.
- moderately.
- satisfactorily.
- suitably.
- decently.
What is a stronger word for enough? ›
Some common synonyms of sufficient are adequate, competent, and enough. While all these words mean "being what is necessary or desirable," sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need.
What is this word enough? ›1. : in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction : sufficiently. 2.
What does the name go mean? ›Japanese (Gō): variously written; the most common form 郷 means 'village'; another 江 means 'inlet'. This surname is found in eastern Japan and on the Ryūkyūan island of Amami. If the name is Go with a short vowel, it could be the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese name Wu .
What is the old past tense of go? ›The Old English past tense of "go" was "eode", which gradually evolved into "went" over time through a process called suppletion.
What is the past tense of go? ›Went is the past tense of go.
What are the two meanings of I love you? ›Both "I love you both" and "I love you two" are correct ways to express that you love two people. The first one is more common and is used to express love to two people together as a group, while the second one is used to express love to two people individually.
What does it mean when he says I love you? ›Often, a guy would express his love when he feels deeply connected, trusts you with his emotions, and envisions a future together. It's an intimate confession that usually comes when he feels secure in the relationship and believes that his sentiments will be understood and, hopefully, reciprocated.
What does I love you mean in texting? ›ILY = I love you. ILY is used often with friends.
What does 3000 mean in I love You 3000? ›“I love you 3000” is a quote from Avengers: Endgame that basically means “I love you more than anything.” The line was first said by Morgan Stark, Tony Stark's daughter after he tucked her into bed. In his last hologram at the end of the movie, Tony turns to Morgan and says “I love you 3000” before disappearing.